Chris Van Hollen: “We need ambassadors in place to project U.S. power, to assist our citizens, and to promote our companies.”

This should chill every American to the bone. When the rights of one are threatened, the rights of all are at risk.

We must hold them to this standard and hold a hearing to determine what the Department knows, as well as request the original report written by embassy staff on the status about these killings.

We ask that you pause any use of the SMART tool until we can better understand your decision-making, rollout process, and evaluation plan.

It is unacceptable that Amb. Huckabee and his staff continue to cover up and block access to essential information about these killings.